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Example Question #101 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STATUTE
Art
Genre
Treatise
Law
Offer
Law
The noun "statute" refers to a written law in society. Additionally, "genre" means category; a "treatise" is a written exploration of an idea.
Example Question #102 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Jut
Lodging
Wrench
Joint
Crack
Crack
The noun "fissure" means crack, split, crevice, a long and narrow opening in the ground or some other large object. Additionally, a "wrench" is a tool used to tighten and loosen bolts; a "lodging" is a place where someone lives or where someone stays temporarily (like a hotel); a "joint" is something that joins two things together; to "jut" is to stick out from something (for example a ledge or a jagged piece of rock might "jut out").
Example Question #103 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BASTION
Prison
Carcass
Portcullis
Brook
Stronghold
Stronghold
"Bastion" means a "stronghold," a fortress or a secure place.
"Carcass" means a corpse, a dead body.
"Prison" is a place where criminals are confined, a jail.
"Brook" is a stream or a small river.
"Portcullis" is a gate or a wall that is movable, and which is typically found at the entrance to a fortress.
Example Question #104 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MANUSCRIPT
Fodder
Rift
Assent
Document
Truce
Document
The noun "manuscript" refers to a document, a hand-written piece of text. Additionally, a "rift" is a break, a rupture; a "truce" is a pause in fighting, a peace agreement that is only temporary; "fodder" means raw material to be sacrificed because it is mostly worthless; "assent" is agreement.
Example Question #105 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BULWARK
Strategy
Ally
Tactic
Wall
Weapon
Wall
The correct answer is "wall."
"Bulwark" is a noun referring to a defensive wall.
Example Question #106 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Cleft
Plateau
Foundation
Depth
Highway
Cleft
"Fissure" means a cleft, or a crevice, a deep crack in something.
"Plateau" means a section of land that is flat, tableland, highland.
"Highway" means a heavily travelled road, freeway, or interstate.
"Depth" means the distance down or across something.
"Foundation" means the base, the bedrock, the support.
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